Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-25
A PROSPECTIVE AWAKENING.
signs which Foreten a Coming RE

PROSPECTIVE AWAKENING.
Signs Which Foretel a Coming Real
Estate and Business Room
a gentleman who is largely engaged
In business in Sioux City and is particle
pating to some extent in the reel estate
excitement in that city, was in Yankton
a few days this week. He said to us be-
fore his departure that he had made ar
r%angements for the purchase Of a bunch
of Yankton soil, contingent upon the
sanction OF another Sioux City gentle-
man who desires to became his partner
in the transaction. If price and loca-
tioD are agreeable to his partner the
purchase will be made. This gentleman
says he has information which c%onvinces
him that there is now no better place
than Yankton for speculative invest-
ments, it being a settled conviction in
his mind that by the time six months
have passed Yaakton will be the scene of
q great boom. He did not give his
reasons for this conclusion, seeming to
prefer to keep them to himself, and an
him more in @ social than a reportorial
way. He is q quiet, careful, plodding
business man, who does not yield to
speculative excitement, but bases every
transaction solidly upon Its merits as it
presents itself to him after a judicious
survey OF the field. He is on the road
most of the time and while travelling
about the country has gathered the
information upon which he bases his
opinions relative to Yankton. That lie
is in earnest is evidenced by his decision
to possess himself of property in Yank-
ton.
Influenced by the reasoning of this
Sioux City gentleman n of his Yank-
ton friends has gone to work to increase
his possessions In this city and we infer
from his actions that he has a deeper
insight into the causes which are to pro-
duce the desired effect than we are able
to present. At any rate he has gone
into the market for desirable slices OF
land and eYinces no desire to sell what
he already possesses. We are not held to
secrecy relative to the names Of these
two gentlemen, but as their intentions
came to rs outside the ordinary channels
of newspaper information, it would, per-
haps, be q breach OF social confluence to
render these statements more personal
than they now are.
This is given as n OF the many Incl
dents of daily occurrence which tend to
strengthen the faith of Yanktonians in
the near approach of q season of sur
prising development. Indications are
coming to the surface every day which
point to an awakening in real estate
circles which will place our city upon
the boom list and gre q wonderfui
stimulous to all branches of business.
Coming railroads are undoubtedly the
cause of favorable symptoms and chief
among these is the Duluth and Denver
diagonal, which continues to grow in
probability as the building season
approaches. The movement of several
Nebraska roads in our immediate vicinity
serve also to stimulate expectancy. So
the prospective opening of a busy season
is not %sithoutLits causes. Already the
first ripple OF speculative excitement
has come upon us and that it will flow
IN with increased volume is the belief OF
many we'll posted men.
a.. W. Pike has purchased, OF Geo, Il
Hawley, his timers outfit and has sc.
cured the services of a first class timer.
On and after Feb. 1st, he will be pre-
pared to do all work in that line with
neatnesa and dispatch. His business
headquarters will be on the corner of
Broadway and Third streets.
ChristOph Stienbach, the
Broadway grocer, presents
to each purchaser Oft dol
lars worth of groceries for
cash a ticket for a drawing
for a new Singer sewing
machine which machine ia